A Little Bit About Me
- As a passionate DevOps Engineer, I specialize in building and maintaining scalable, high-performance infrastructure that drives business growth. With hands-on experience in Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, Kubernetes for orchestration, Terraform for infrastructure automation, and Ansible for configuration management, I excel at designing resilient, highly available systems.
- My expertise in Linux and Python scripting enables efficient automation and troubleshooting. Implementing CI/CD pipelines that streamline code deployments and automate infrastructure release cycles, driving faster time-to-market and improving operational efficiency.
- I consider myself a life-long learner with a growth mindset and an innate curiosity about technology.
- Education & Certifications
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- Associate of Applied Science in Computer Information Technology, Delgado Community College
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Certification From Amazon Web Services
- Create and Manage Cloud Resources - Google Cloud
- SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration (SAP HANA) with SAP NetWeaver 7.5 certification from SAP SE
- Work & Experience
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DevOps Engineer at ZoomSeptember 2024 – Present
Demo Engineer at SailpointApril 2022 – September 2024
Cloud Consultant at IBMMarch 2021 – April 2022
Intern at Greenup IndustriesJanuary 2020 – March 2020
Intern at point2pointApril 2019 – May 2019
Qualifications
Kubernetes & Container Orchestration
Hands-on experience working with Kubernetes in production environments. I have developed a strong understanding of container orchestration, microservices architecture, and infrastructure automation.
I've managed and scaled applications using Helm, GitLab, and ArgoCD to manage multi-tenant clusters. My expertise includes troubleshooting cluster performance issues, managing persistent storage using volumes, and integrating monitoring solutions like Prometheus and Grafana for real-time observability.
Whether deploying workloads on AWS EKS or managing self-hosted clusters, I focus on creating resilient, scalable, and maintainable systems that align with DevOps best practices.
AWS Cloud Infrastructure
- Migrated over 100 demo environments from SkyTap to AWS for improved security, reliability, automation, and cost optimization.
- Administered and optimized cloud infrastructure, reducing server costs by 70%.
- Provisioned environments using AWS services such as EC2, VPC, S3, AMIs, IAM, CloudFormation, Systems Manager, and DynamoDB.
Google Cloud Platform
- Provisioned environments in Google Compute Engine, created and managed GCP Buckets for SAP database backups with high durability and replication.
- Handled administration, support, and troubleshooting of Windows Server 2019 and RHEL VMs.
- Performed app and database migrations from IBM servers to GCP, increasing availability, cost optimization, and security.
- Collaborated with clients and managers on successful prototype demos that earned IBM a new contract.
Linux System Administration
- Experienced Linux System Administrator providing production support for applications on Red Hat Linux and Windows environments.
- Installed and configured SAP Applications on Red Hat Linux.
- Resolved client-reported issues related to SAP applications and databases.
Web Development Projects
Experience developing personal web applications using a wide variety of technologies including HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and React for the front-end, and JavaScript, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB for the back-end.